to get thin; to taper off
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
dark (color); concentrated; thick
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
to say; to tell; to state; to do
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to forget to say; to forget to mention
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to gather strength; to take heart
something or other; somehow
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to refer to; to use as reference
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
suggestion; hint; implication
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life